Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- BhoothatthAzhwAr anubhavam of ThiruvEnkatam- 1- [25th verse]

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesikamahadesikaya namah:

 

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

After Poigai AzhwAr’s anubhavam, let us start to enjoy

the next AzhwAr’s -BhoothatthAzhwAr’s- wonderful

anubhavams on ThiruvEnkatam.

 

senRathu ilangaimEl sevvEthan seeRRatthaal,

konRathu raavaNanaik kooRungaal, - ninRathuvum

vEyOngu thaNsaaral vEngadamE, viNNavar_tham

vaayOngu tholpugazaan vandhu.

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A wonderful verse!

viNNavartham vaayOnghu thol pugazhvaan- The One who is

praised to the largest extent (maximum extent-

vaayaara) by the Nithyasuris; His kalyANa guNAs are

innumerable and unbounded; limitless; most auspicious

attributes; Such greatest Lord SarvEshawaran Sri Rama,

went [senRadhu]

to LankA; and there with anger, He killed Ravana;

 

That most merciful Lord Sri Rama- [if we have to say-

kooRungaal], has come to this ThiruvEnakatm [which has

tall bamboo trees and cool breezes and drizzle]

 

Acharyas have enjoyed the verse beautifully.

 

senRadhu- He went from Ayoddhi to lankA;

the verse ends with vandhu- come to ThiruvEnkatam;

from Paramapadham He came here to ThiruvEnkatam.

 

He went to lankA; why did He have to go all the way to

lankA? Why did hHe have to be born for that matter as

human being? Get married? Face Parasurama; to be

instructed to go to forests; lose SitA; cry for Her;

finally reach lankA to kill Ravana;

 

The Lord could have simply killed Ravana with His

sankalpam (pledge); or He could have simply sent the

chakrAyudham from where He could have killed Ravana;

But why did He have to take all this trouble? The

reason mentioned by vyAkyAtha [commentators] is that

He had come to bless His devotees; BhakthAs; the

sages; jataayu; Sabari; Bharadwaj, Anjaneya; et al.

ParithrANAya saadhoonAm. That’s the reason. To accept

their obeisance.

 

He could have simply killed the crcocodile with his

sankalpam or sent the chakrA from Parapadham. Why did

He have to run with His tresses falling on His

forhead; leaving Lakshmi behind; and rush to Gajendra;

to receive the flower that Gajendra was to offer.

Else, His kalyANa gunA would not be enjoyed by us.

 

Hence, senRu.. went to lankA.

When the Nithyasuris praise Him with lots of

qualities, kalyANA guNAs;, those guNAs are

swaabhaavika guNAs; These attributes are naturally

with the Lord on its own. None needs to grant Him;

Nithyasuris also have these qualities; But their

qualities were granted to them by this Lord. For Him

alone it is tholpugazh- swabhaavika, anavadhika

adhisaya, anantha kalyANa guNa gaNouka mahaarNavan.

Ocean of kalyANa guNas.

 

Such gunAs are enlisted by Sri Ramanuja very

beautifully in Saranagathi Gadya. But Ramaanuja does

not add anger here as His guNA. The Lord never has

anger as the guNA naturally with Him. He needs to

cultivate or forcibly develop anger in Him. He is such

merciful One.

 

When Ravana started hitting Rama with lots of arrows,

Rama responds with equal and more vigorously and

victoriously. However when he starts sending arrows to

Anjaneya hurting him, Rama is angered and that’s why

He starts sending arrows fiercely to kill Ravana.

Sinatthinaal thennilankai kOmaanai seRRa (says AndAL

in 12th verse of Thiruppaavai].

 

Same Rama after Ravana’s death immediately asks

Vibheeshana to perform funeral rites for Ravana, his

elder brother. Vibheeshana refuses to perform saying

that Ravana had committed asahya apacharam, which he

could not forgive and he would not touch his body

even. Rama mentions that until death alone enmity is

there; after that there is no enmity.

 

It should not be misunderstood that Rama earlier had

considered Ravana as enemy and not that he is dead,

Rama does not consider him as an enemy. That is NOT

what Rama had meant in that statement. Until death,

Ravana considered me as his enemy. Now he would not be

able to think of me as his enemy, Vibheeshana. Are you

going to perform rites or should I? That's why AndAL

calls Him manatthukku iniyaan.

 

Such most merciful One has come here to ThiruvEnkatam

to bless us.

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

SrI PadmavathI samEtha srI Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE

Namah:

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan